LP got sick, now comes BPD

This is my first post in Mutiny and I’m very much glad to be part of this Indian thought terminus.

Call me a pessimist, but I’m being one because of what happens around. Everytime people think of reforming India politics, they think about forming a new party. And we have quite a number of political parties in India these days and the basic issues in the society remains the same with all of these ‘reforming’ parties.

However,unconnected with all the above, the fact that these budding ‘leaders’ were unable to keep their stock together, is indicative of their capacities. Would you want them to govern you? Participation is a method that leaders use to keep the group together – in politics, it is not democracy, but a tool of control.

Now comes another political party Bharat Punarnirman Dal (BPD). They also emphasize on their website that the party has been founded by ‘a group of IIT-ians’ and ‘other such individuals’. I have no hope on this one too and I will wait to see how their end is going to be. I don’t understand what is this obsession of people in India about IIT-ians. Are they the only class in India with some brains? Why is only the academic brilliance used to scale a person’s intellect?

On the other day, I was watching this video of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ Stanford University Commencement speech and it was really inspiring. He said, “Truth be told, I never graduated from college and this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation” with a smile on his face and I’m sure he was standing there tall, on top of any other person on that stage and I’m sure he was smiling inside too. I think in the U. S. A., they don’t assess people purely on the basis of their ‘degree’s. (if you got me right, I am not meaning to say that the academic education doesn’t mean anything).

PS: Checkout the website of Lok Paritran. It says “the site is temporarily unavailable. Please contact system administrator” and there is no email or a contact link. That shows the current state of that party itself.

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Lok Paritran is dead. The leaders didn’t get along well and they had serious ideological differences. One of them wanted to establish a Hindu Rashtra and said so in couple of rallies. Good that they found out early and split when they didn’t have much success.

Even with their past failure at LP I would give the BPD guys a benefit of doubt. I hope they would have learnt from their debacle at Lok Paritran.

At least give them a chance and if they shoot themselves in the foot then so be it. Why write them off without knowing much about them?

>> Polite Indian: With the recent example of LP, I cannot give them even the benefit of doubt. I think its just a few months old wine in a new bottle.

Also their objective “…re-establish Bharatavarsha as the world-leader, a position, which the nation rightfully deserves” sounds like right-wing politics. (Even the term “Bharatavarsha” sounds like it came from a VHP/RSS leader). How does India deserve to be a world leader while there are too many internal issues to be dealt with? We could not yet take good care of our own citizens and yet we talk about being world leaders. Sounds funny to me.

Why do we need new political parties to participate in the politics? There are so many politicians fighting against the system, within the system. Why don’t these youngsters just do that if they truly care about India?

jo, this new party is a break away faction of LP. from whati hear there were serious ego issues within the party. tanmay, one of the founding members of the party was the reason for the split. he was said to be power hungry and wanted to establish a new party.

i think safely one can repeat what we said about LP about BPD too, since its the same bloody nonsense.

PS: I think DMDK can bring a change in TN and give them a better chance

Frankly, I am stunned by the opposition expressed in the blogosphere to this fledgeling party.

>> i think safely one can repeat what we said about LP about BPD too, since its the same bloody nonsense. >>

How can you “safely” say that ? There are others who can “safely” say that it is same “bloody vested interests” that are nervous about a small group that can call them on policies.

Perhaps, the bloggers are commenting on the winnability of the party. I do not think they can win either. That is not the issue. No one thinks the Green party can win the US presidency. It is just a player in the political ecosystem.

Learn to live with that.

>> There are so many politicians fighting against the system, within the system. >>

Yes, but that can co exist with a new party. Maybe some will jump ship. Maybe not. That is irrelevant.

>> Bharatavarsha >>

What is your interpretation of this word ? It does not call for a pogrom on Christians or Muslims, not does it snatch away minority privileges like special colleges.

I am thinking of forming a new party and I’m going to refer some philosophical text before I create the website for it. Since the IT-ians have a huge impression in today’s society, I will use it to gain votes. I will start with inviting people from my office to join the new party and then will spread across Thiruvananthapuram with the help of my friends in Techno Park. I can get a few 1000 votes then and I will go to Info Park in Kochi.

Would you like to join in this new party? Or would you rather create another new party of economists and start with your university?😀

>> RC:

How can you “safely” say that ?

I will see what Vatsan has to say on this, but in my opinion I can ‘safely’ say it because of what happened with LP. A party with some philosophical bull-shi**ing can attract a few of urban youth, that’s it.

There are others who can “safely” say that it is same “bloody vested interests” that are nervous about a small group that can call them on policies.

Nervous about such a group? I’m sure if any current politician come across your words, he wouldn’t even bother to look at your name.

Perhaps, the bloggers are commenting on the winnability of the party.

LOL on this.

Yes, but that can co exist with a new party. Maybe some will jump ship. Maybe not. That is irrelevant.

Again, why need a new party? Those people are making some changes in the society and they are widely respected for that irrespective of the party they represent. If BPD goes on the way LP went (I’m sure that’s what going to happen), will they form another party?

Bharatavarsha – What is your interpretation of this word ?

According to a the Hindu Mythology, “The first king to conquer all of the world was Bharata, son of Dushyanta and Shakuntala. All of this world, Vishwa, is named Bharatavarsha, or The Land of Bharata.”

This itself used to promote the Hindutva ideology and the term Bharatavarsha is often used by Hindutva Vaadis and right-wing pseudo-nationalists to mention India. So one can clearly or ‘safely’ (if you like that word better) see the motives of BPD. It is a group of pseudo-nationalist, right-wing, anti-secular group with a sugar coat of IIT intellect.

It does not call for a pogrom on Christians or Muslims, not does it snatch away minority privileges like special colleges.

Now I can see where you are comning from and what “YOU thought about” where I am coming from.

I like the article and issues you have raised but I must strongly disagree with you on your statement:
“I think in the U. S. A., they don’t assess people purely on the basis of their ‘degree’s”

It does not work that way, people with intellect rise above in any nation be it India or USA. Here in US also there a strong inclination and respect for people from MIT, Standford and Harvard. It is just that when you have proved to the world that you have an above average intelligence and technical mind, they can easily identify with your achievement and expect good results.

I like this blog and issues it raises. I push my thoughts out to give another point of view which I thought was lacking in this post.

Thanks for your thoughts and remarks. It is true that “people with intellect rise above in any nation be it India or USA”. [Off topic:] But at the same time, isn’t it true that people with ‘low-profile’ jobs are treated with dignity of labor compared to India? That’s what I heard from NRIs in USA. (Perhaps their mindset may not have changed, but atleast they try not to show it).

It is just that when you have proved to the world that you have an above average intelligence and technical mind, they can easily identify with your achievement and expect good results.

New Delhi: It was a dream that was realised to bring about a “positive” change in Indian polity.

But a group of IITians, it seems, weren’t equipped enough to carry forward the burden of expectations.

Lok Paritran, the political party formed by a group of ex-IITians in 2005 witnessed a vertical split just ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

The breakaway faction is called Bharat Punarnirman Dal (BPD) and will take on Lok Paritran head on in the UP poll field.

The LPP has said the split is unfortunate and has alleged political conspiracy. He also said BPD – formed by some ex-IIT Kanpur students – was “misguiding media and innocent party supporters.”

The party also alleged that BPD working committee has illegitimately held the ownership of LPP’s online community on Orkut.

However, party officials maintain the party will go and contest UP polls and is finalising candidates of Lucknow and Allahabad in next few days.

“We will contest the elections in the fifth, sixth and seventh phases in UP despite contemptuous act of spreading rumours against the party by some former party members, who have formed BPD,” national president L P Tanmay Rajpurohit was quoted as saying.

LPP was founded in 2005 and became a registered political party in February 2006 and enjoyed had got a tremendous response in Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.